Because the Rattlesnake had a long history as a political symbol for the unity of the thirteen colonies and was meant to serve as an example of the revolutionary ideals.
Gadsen himself was a staunch supporter of John Adams (though he was, paradoxically an enthusiastic eslavist) and he spent time in prison during the war as he couldn’t give his word to a “false system”.
Sadly, the right has been misappropriating revolutionary symbols and that’s what I meant as unfair.
Top left is a flag of the USSR
Top right is the symbol of the Roman senate
Bottom left is an anarchist/queer/antifascist movement
Bottom right is the Gadsen flag, often associated with right libertarians
Which is an unfair association.
Why is that an unfair association?
Because the Rattlesnake had a long history as a political symbol for the unity of the thirteen colonies and was meant to serve as an example of the revolutionary ideals.
Gadsen himself was a staunch supporter of John Adams (though he was, paradoxically an enthusiastic eslavist) and he spent time in prison during the war as he couldn’t give his word to a “false system”.
Sadly, the right has been misappropriating revolutionary symbols and that’s what I meant as unfair.
Agreed, it should be this